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3 THE EUCHARISTIC BANQUET 27 Why is the Holy Mass a Banquet? Because, when Christ offers Himself as a sacrifice to the Father in the Holy Mass, and, making himself truly, present, He becomes our food and drink, giving his Body to eat and his Blood to drink. For this reason, it is a, Sacrificial Banquet: the Banquet derives from the Sacrifice that Christ makes of Himself to the Father for us. The Banquet is understood fully only as from the offering that Jesus makes of his own life for us on the Cross. 28 What is the relationship between the Banquet and Holy Communion? The Holy Communion constitutes the high point of the Eucharistic Banquet: in this the faithful participate in the true Body and true Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and become more completely members of His Body the Church. The nature of the Banquet shows the Eucharist as a mystery that is capable of generating new relationships: the member of the faithful, entering into communion with Christ, creates a new relationship with others. In the Holy Communion, Christ unites us in a marvelous way to him and to each other, in this way making us “into one.” In the Holy Mass we too are called to offer own sufferings and sacrifices, uniting them to the Sacrifice of Christ. 108